Linux Support Jobs in England

Linux Support
UK > England

The median Linux Support salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 645 791 877
Rank change year-on-year +146 +86 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Support 32 43 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.067% 0.050% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.053% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 27 38 45
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £65,250 £60,875 £72,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £46,250 £48,000
% change year-on-year -8.11% -3.65% -8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 43,278 80,816 83,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.49% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 24,456 60,386 53,004
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,501 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Linux Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Linux Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Support in England

Linux Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Support in England.

Salary trend for Linux Support in England

Linux Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Support in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux Support in England

Linux Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Support within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +114 22 £52,500 -4.55% 7
South East +94 5 £32,500 -29.73% 1
North of England - 5 £42,500 - 2
North West - 5 £42,500 - 2
Linux Support
UK

Linux Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Linux Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Linux Support in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (46.88%) Bash
3 13 (40.63%) Unix
3 13 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (37.50%) Red Hat
5 11 (34.38%) Shell Script
5 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
6 10 (31.25%) SQL
7 9 (28.13%) Banking
7 9 (28.13%) Finance
7 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (25.00%) Problem Management
8 8 (25.00%) DevOps
8 8 (25.00%) Perl
8 8 (25.00%) ITIL
8 8 (25.00%) Python
8 8 (25.00%) TCP/IP
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
9 7 (21.88%) Apple
9 7 (21.88%) Asset Management
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (21.88%) Artificial Intelligence
9 7 (21.88%) Mac OS
9 7 (21.88%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (21.88%) Conversational UI
9 7 (21.88%) Chatbot
10 6 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
10 6 (18.75%) VMware
11 5 (15.63%) Firewall

Linux Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) AWS
1 4 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (15.63%) DHCP
2 5 (15.63%) DNS
2 5 (15.63%) Firewall
2 5 (15.63%) SSH
3 4 (12.50%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Git
2 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Banking
2 9 (28.13%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Billing
3 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.38%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (12.50%) Bitcoin
2 4 (12.50%) Clustering
2 4 (12.50%) Derivative
2 4 (12.50%) Equities
2 4 (12.50%) Eurex
2 4 (12.50%) Fixed Income
2 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Linux
2 13 (40.63%) Unix
3 8 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (21.88%) Mac OS
5 4 (12.50%) CentOS
5 4 (12.50%) Rocky
6 3 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.00%) DevOps
2 8 (25.00%) ITIL
2 8 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 7 (21.88%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (21.88%) Asset Management
3 7 (21.88%) Conversational UI
4 5 (15.63%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
4 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
4 5 (15.63%) Telematics
4 5 (15.63%) Vehicle Telematics
5 4 (12.50%) Client Onboarding
5 4 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 4 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
5 4 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
5 4 (12.50%) Server Building
5 4 (12.50%) Server Patching
5 4 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (46.88%) Bash
2 11 (34.38%) Shell Script
3 10 (31.25%) SQL
4 8 (25.00%) Perl
4 8 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) RHCSA
2 3 (9.38%) AWS Certification
2 3 (9.38%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.50%) Ansible
2 4 (12.50%) Grafana
2 4 (12.50%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Red Hat
2 7 (21.88%) Apple
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.75%) VMware
4 5 (15.63%) Oracle
5 4 (12.50%) Atlassian
5 4 (12.50%) Bloomberg
5 4 (12.50%) CQG
5 4 (12.50%) ION Trading
5 4 (12.50%) Patsystems
5 4 (12.50%) Reuters
5 4 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 4 (12.50%) Trayport
5 4 (12.50%) Veritas
6 3 (9.38%) Symantec